Re: Tank vision systems

Ryan M Gill wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Roger Books wrote:
> 
> > Can you give me any idea what this super sensor-fooler is that
doesn't
> > also fool the Mk I eyeball?
> 
> Chaff? IR coatings? Radar absorbent coatings?

We aren't talking radar though, we are talking an optical system.
IR coatings can take out the IR part of the spectrum, but they
won't take out the visible part of the spectrum.  Chaff shouldn't
really affect IR/UV/visible light at all, Radar absorbant coatings
won't either.

Roger